Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation To fear the Lord is the flower of Wisdom that blossoms with peace and good health. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness. Sirach 1:16The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful. Sirach 1:17 The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge. Sirach 1:19 It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed. Sirach 1:20 To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof. Context Sirach 1…17The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge. 18Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness. 19It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed.… Cross References Sirach 1:16 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful. Sirach 1:17 The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge. Sirach 1:19 It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed. Sirach 1:20 To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof. |